Prospecters Island(part1)

Shane Mcmiller is a 30 year old hunter and prospector living in the boom mining town of Barkerville during it's decline. After another failed day of trying to find gold in areas unexplored by others he goes to a tavern with his Labrador Carter. While at the tavern he hears of a mysterious island in the northern pacific that holds a massive gold deposit, but it's in such a desolate area that no one has gotten a hold of it, everyone who tries to get their die on the way or gets seriously injured by the waves. The guy who tells him this came up with his father on the first pack train to Barkerville. The older prospecter tells him how to get there, but again warns him that it's a death trap.

Shane and Carter ride down the fraser on a canoe to New West minister where they gear up and meet up with his fiance Jesse Racton. Shane tells Jesse where he is going and that he will be back in 2 months and they will get married wealthy instead of struggling to get by. Jesse wants to go with him but Shane doesn't want to put her in a dangerous situation as she is currently pregnant. Jesse finally convinces shane to take her with him. Together they set out for a 10 day canoe trip to the desolate island in the georgia strait. During the 10 day trip they never see a soul, the sea is also oddly calm. They catch fish to survive and sleep on the shore among the fjords. On the 10th day he finally sees what the island that the older prospector told him about. They get onto the island and Carter already gets away from them. Shane chases Carter deep into the island until they reach a very creepy ghost town, Jesse struggles to get the canoe ashore. In the town are 4 small cabins, a church and a general store, and an unfinished mining facility. all of them have been empty for about 20 odd years. shane inspects the general store, everything is still on the shelf and money from 1855 is in the register. He goes to the church and the spiders have taken it over. The cabins are all fully furnished but are covered in dust. Shane and Jesse decide to stay in one of the cabins for the night and search the island the next day. Carter keeps waking up and barking all through the night, shane is getting tired of it so he puts him outside on a leash. He continues to bark until shane finally comes outside in a heated rage. when he gets outside he sees the small town is engulfed with a very creepy fog. Carter whimpers then goes inside the house. While going a spooky silhouette walks through the fog.

The next day Shane and Jesse are woken up by some creaking in his cabin, Shane searches the place and doesn't find anything. Carter is crying in the corner. Shane finally gets Carter to come out and explore the island with him while Jesse cleans the cabin up. It starts to snow as Shane explores the fairly mountainous rainforest island. He inspects the rocks in the mountain and indeed they have plenty of gold in them. shane gets excited and rushes back to the cabin, he is stopped when he and Carter hear some mysterious rustling sounds in the trees. Shane dismisses the trees and rushes to jesse to tell her about the gold. Shane mines for the next 3 days and gets a large amount of gold while Jesse experiences paranormal activity in the house and tries to remain calm about it. After each instance Shane dismisses her and focuses on the gold. Jesse finally freaks out at Shane and he finally agrees to load of the gold on the boat and get off the island. They go to the ocean to see the tide has dropped substantially and there is no longer a shore for them to lift off from. There's 2 meter jagged cliffs on all ends of the island, and within those cliffs are gold. They go around the entire island until they find the remains of a half sunken steamship that is getting battered by the viscous sea. Realizing they might be stuck on the island Jesse and Shane go back to the village and witness a large amount of footsteps in the snow which creeps them out. They get back to the town freightened to witness the lights in the general store are on and that footprints are all through the town. They witness as a large pair of invisible boots sink into the deep snow and follow them as try try and get away. They run and hide near the edge of the island. From the distance they can hear the church bells ringing and sound of picks hitting rocks. They then hear whispers from the cliffs telling them to come to them. Jesse and Shane are freaking out at this point. Carter has been barking the entire time, the whispers tell them to shut the dog up or it will be killed. Shane yells at the whispering man, but the footprints in the snow near so the whispering man shoots Carter dead. Shane turns around to see the whispering man, who is an old slim man with a shotgun hiding behind a rock near the edge of the cliff. Shane yells at him and chases him. The old man jumps off the cliff and Shane comes to a halt when he gets there. He sees that there is a landing below and Shane follows.

shockingly, I will still not end this story... One of these days.